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Table 3 Number of patients, carriers, percent carriers, crude prevalence ratio (PR) and p-values from the univariable binominal regressions by risk factors for ESCr-EK carriage up to 12 months prior to admission (n = 747)

From: Travel to Asia is a strong predictor for carriage of cephalosporin resistant E. coli and Klebsiella spp. but does not explain everything; prevalence study at a Norwegian hospital 2014–2016

  

Carriage of ESCr-EK

  

Total no. of patients

No. of patients

(%)

Prevalence ratio (PR)

p-value

  

747

45

(6.0%)

  

Demography

Female

356

16

(4.5%)

  

Male

391

29

(7.4%)

1.65

0.10

0-17 year

222

11

(4.9%)

  

18 - 64 years

233

18

(7.7%)

1.81

0.10

65 + years

292

16

(5.5%)

1.17

0.67

Born in Norway

675

40

(5.9%)

  

Not born in Norway

45

5

(11.1%)

1.88

0.16

Parents born in Norway

593

35

(5.9%)

  

One or both parents not born in Norway

114

8

(7.0%)

1.19

0.65

Department of inclusion

Emergency department (adult)

122

11

(9.0%)

  

Emergency department (children)

222

11

(4.9%)

0.56

0.14

Thoracic unit

194

11

(5.7%)

0.63

0.26

Orthopaedic unit

141

7

(5.0%)

0.56

0.20

Urology unit

68

5

(7.3%)

0.81

0.69

Exposures 12 months prior to admission

No travel outside of the Nordic countriesa

512

20

(3.9%)

0.37

0.00

Travel to Europe (vs. no travel to Europe)

175

11

(6.3%)

1.1

0.87

Travel to America (vs. no travel to America)

22

1

(4.6%)

0.75

0.77

Travel to Africa (vs. no travel to Africa)

11

2

(18.2%)

3.11

0.08

Travel to Asia (vs. no travel to Asia)

51

15

(29.4%)

6.82

0.00

No health care (vs. health care)

499

32

(6.4%)

0.82

0. 55

Admitted to a Norwegian hospitalb

224

11

(4.9%)

0.81

0.55

Medical examination or treatment outside the Nordic countriesc

28

4

(14.3%)

2.54

0.05

Work in health care (vs. other type of job)

38

3

(7.9%)

0.95

0.94

Work in farming

11

0

(0.0%)

-

-

Other type of job

193

16

(8.3%)

  

No contact to animals at work

188

17

(9.0%)

  

Contact to animals at work

22

1

(4.5%)

0.50

0.49

No permanent urinary catheter

668

40

(6.0%)

  

Permanent urinary catheter

10

0

(0.0%)

-

-

No medical devices put through skin/mucosa before admission

639

39

(6.1%)

  

Medical devices put through skin/mucosa

46

2

(4.3%)

0.71

0.63

No wound or skin infections

616

34

(5.5%)

  

Wound or skin infections

76

6

(7.9%)

1.43

0.40

No antibiotic consumption

515

28

(5.4%)

  

Antibiotic consumption

232

17

(7.3%)

1.35

0.31

  1. a(vs. travel outside of the Nordic countries)
  2. b(vs. not admitted to a Norwegian hospital)
  3. c(vs. no medical examination or treatment outside the Nordic countries)